The Dorian Wind Quintet stops by the NPR studios. For their 40th anniversary several years back, they gave themselves a gift. They commissioned new music based on a tune by Antonin Reicha. We feature ...
Reicha for windsYes, the notoriously grouchy Beethoven had friends. One was fellow composer Anton Reicha (REYE-kuh). We'll take you to New York's Lincoln Center to hear Reicha's Wind Quintet op. 88, ...
American Composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981) and the Chamber Music Society of Detroit solidified a creative relationship when Barber wrote and premiered his “Summer Music” Op.31 for the society in 1953 ...
It’s not a new practice. One of the world’s greatest orchestras - the Berlin Philharmonic – has had nearly 30 working chamber ensembles for years. Among them is the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, ...
Handel's brief Italian period was crucial to his musical development, lasting from 1706 to 1710, just before his arrival in London. Stefano Russomanno's booklet essay to this superb anthology suggests ...
The Orsino Ensemble is made up of leading wind players and gave its debut performance at the Aldeburgh Festival in 2018. This recital, presented by Martin Handley live from London’s Wigmore Hall, ...
Beethoven’s big anniversary year in 2020 could just as easily have been Anton Reicha’s if history had been kinder to him. This Bohemian composer, like the big hitter from Bonn, was born in 1770, in ...
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